BRITISH GUIANA

BRITISH GUIANA.

Definitive stamps.
Kaieteur Falls and King George VI.
Second stamp in a set of 12, issued on 01.02.1938.
Face value: 2 Guyanese cents.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 28 x 33 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 177.
- Scott No. 231.
- StampWorld No. 179.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 309.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 163.

Kaieteur Falls is a waterfall on the Potaro River, in the central territory of Essequibo, Guyana. It is currently located in the Kaieteur National Park, in the Potaro-Siparuni region, which is claimed by Venezuela as part of the Guayana Esequiba. It is 226 m (741 ft) high. The Potaro River empties into the Essequibo River, which is one of the longest and widest rivers in South America. The first European to see the falls, on April 24, 1870, was Charles Barrington Brown, one of two British geologists appointed as government surveyors for the Colony of British Guiana.

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Thanks to R. Gómez-Val for his contribution.